Expect longer waits on this one than with my other usual stuff. This one's a but more involved (like having to go through the game for each bit).

I hope it's still fun. That's the over all goal with some serious bits thrown in. I want it to be like they're really playing through and it's forcing them to think about things.

I thank everyone who's faving and watching this. Please keep the reviews coming.

Sora flopped down on the floor. His head almost hit the rug but he stopped himself. "Ugh. What are we doing now?"

"Literally or game wise?" Riku settled himself in the chair.

"Game. Do I show up yet?"

"Not for two more days. Roxas and the gang are going exploring today."

"Oh, joy." Sora sat up and switched on the t.v. The controller was in his hands before the picture snapped on.

Olette stood before Roxas looking annoyed. "What's her problem?"

Hayner went on about summer ending and not wanting to do homework. Olette complained and Hayner gave in. "You know, she had those guys totally wrapped around her finger. I mean, jeez, she pouts and they just do whatever she wants."

Riku wanted to say that Sora pulled the same crap but didn't.

Yesterday, I fell off the station tower, didn't I? "Did they actually see that? Oh." Sora frowned. "Man, Roxas has got to think he's losing his mind."

"Well, he kinda was." Riku noted. "I find it amusing that Roxas wants to do a paper about his dreams and all the weird stuff he's experiencing."

"How is that amusing?" Sora looked at him with a scrunched up face.

"Because to do that would require like advanced psychology classes and stuff. Even I wouldn't be able to write a decent paper explaining all that. Plus, they hand in that to the teacher and either they all fail for making crap up or Roxas gets committed."

"That isn't funny." Sora muttered, turning back to the screen. Roxas had just left to get ice cream. Sora seemed rather irritated. "So what are they going to do?"

Riku frowned. "Search the town for strange occurrences."

"That sounds exciting." The brunette rolled his eyes. He whipped through the written conversation. "So, wait there are seven wonders in Twilight Town? Why would Diz waste time on that?"

"Most of them were program glitches. A few were caused by the Nobodies and one was just a jerk who thought he was being funny."

"What?"

"You'll see."

The gang got on board the train to head over to the Terrence. "Okay, why the hell did they all just whip out their stones? That makes no sense! Was Diz trying to make Roxas feel alienated?"

Riku glanced at him. "What makes you think Diz-"

"Because he controlled everything in that town, right? He didn't like Roxas and so now he's just being mean and tying to isolate him." Sora snapped out. "Diz is an ass."

Riku's eyes widened. Okay, that statement was so not Sora. Maybe playing this game was a bad idea. "I wouldn't go that far, Sora."

He sighed. "I guess not but… whatever. We're here."

Hayner and Olette ran ahead while Roxas and Pence paused at the stairs. "So what's the deal with the stairs?"

Sora waited a moment before his jaw dropped. "What? He took something Rai said seriously? Pence, you idiot. Tell me the wonders get better than this."

"Not really."

"Great." And so Roxas wandered, finding a wall with a seemingly endless supply of energy balls shooting from it. After twenty minutes of not getting even close to the source, Sora thrust the controller at Riku. "You freakin' do this. It's impossible."

Riku smirked and in less than a minute handed it back to him.

"How the heck did you do that?" Sora gaped.

"I got mad skills, yo."

Sora rolled his eyes.

"There's a pattern to it."

Sora shrugged. He next found a waterfall with Roxas' shadow in it. When the shadow emerged, Sora almost jumped. "I have to fight Anti-Roxas! You didn't do that did you?"

"What? Fight him? I had to-"

"No!" Sora cut him off. "You didn't make it, did you?"

"No, why would you even think that?"

"Uh, Neverland ring a bell? Mr. 'I've learned a few tricks, have fun kicking your own ass'. That was just disturbing as all hell." Sora clarified as he battled the shadow Roxas.

"Oh," Riku stared at the floor guiltily. "Yeah, that."

A hand shoved his shoulder. "Knock it off, emo boy."

"I'm not emo."

"Not at all. You never talk about how you live in a dark abyss or wear black or write poetry about how hopeless everything is and how worthless you are."

"I don't write poetry about how hopeless everything is." The older teen protested.

"But you do everything else." Sora smirked. He was already finished the multi-Vivi fight. "And why the heck do the Nobodies like using Vivi so much? Is it cause he looks weird or what?"

Riku shrugged moodily.

"Oh, get over it, Riku. You know I'm kidding." Roxas was running up a road. He came across a large bag and some rocks. "This looks easy." He jumped on the bag a few times before a dog was released. "What? Someone tied up that poor dog? That's just cruel!"

"Yeah, told you. Some asshole."

"So that's five. Those all sucked." Sora grabbed his drink and took a sip.

"The next is all right."

"I hope so. Where is it?"

"Go to the station."

Sora did so and Pence and Roxas began talking. Then Hayner and Olette returned and they went on about a ghost train. Then they all ran off to Sunset Hill. "A ghost train, huh? How does that work?"

Pence went on a mock creepy description and Sora rolled his eye yet again. "These guys really have no lives."

"Literally." Riku couldn't help but mutter.

"So we're waiting." Sora bobbed his head a little. "Why are they going on about the beach again? Jeez, you didn't get to go cause it don't exist!" He shouted at the screen. "Get over it!"

Riku snorted at the animated display.

"Oh great, Seifer's here to piss us off." Sora threw a hand up. "Why didn't I kill him?"

"Cause you don't kill people."

"Right. Well for him I'd make an exception." Sora tilted his head thoughtfully. "You know, I never noticed before but he has like the exact same scar as Leon. Weird, huh?"

"Uh, yeah." Riku agreed slowly. He wasn't about to get into the whole Seifer wasn't Seifer but was Seifer only different and was rivals with Leon back when he was Squall explanation. He still confused himself with that one.

"Ooh, do I get to fight him? What? No don't walk off! Damnit." Sora pouted. "Wait, what's tomorrow? Hey, it's the train that goes to Yen Sid's! That's the ghost train?"

"Yep."

"Why do they look confused?"

"Roxas is the only one who could see it."

"Huh? Why?" Sora pointed. "But they're at the station and there it is and, wait, what? It's gone!" The regular train pulled up then. "What the heck? Why can Roxas see the train but no one else? Now they really think he's crazy!"

"It will be explained."

The group walked from the station and complained some more about their homework before Roxas asked about the seventh wonder. Hayner waved it off but Pence explained it was the mansion outside of town.

"Oh! Is this where I finally-"

"No."

"Darn. So what's the story?" Roxas stood alone outside the gates and was startled by Pence. He explained the legend and Roxas looked up at the big window. It cut to the inside of a room with pictures all over.

Then Namine began speaking, detailing the pictures and how Axel was Roxas' best friend which Roxas didn't believe. They had a rather transcendental conversation which Sora was completely taken by. He listened to Namine with rapt attention.

When she was done and it returned to the outside, Sora shook his head. "I still don't get any of that mess. And I can't believe she just flat out says he never should have existed. That's just cruel."

"It was." Riku agreed. Even if it was true, she didn't have to say it.

Roxas and Pence met up with Olette who had preemptively finished the paper for everyone. Then they all went to the station to find Hayner. "You know he's kind of a punk, isn't he?"

"Yep." The group was laughing with the exception of Roxas who simply looked pensive. "I didn't like him much."

"Speaking of you." Sora noted. Diz was sitting in a chair before a broken table and 'Ansem' was walking up to him. "So, Diz let Roxas see the train cause he couldn't go to the beach? That's kinda weird."

"I thought so too."

"Oh, good you're beginning to remember me."

"I never really totally forgot you. It was just, hazy." Riku corrected.

Sora listened to more conversation. "What does he want revenge for? Whoa, he wants to kill Namine? Why?"

"Diz didn't believe Nobodies should be kept around, especially the free thinking one's. He figured it was dangerous for Namine to stick around."

"Did he just order you to kill her?"

"Yeah." Riku stood up. "You'll notice that I didn't."

"And I'm glad for that. I don't like hearing about you hurting anyone."

The silver haired boy bit his lip but only turned. "I'm getting some water."

"Okay." Sora was focused on the new batch of memories that had started. By the time Riku returned, they were over. The younger teen glanced over his shoulder. "You left on purpose, didn't you?"

"Huh?"

"You knew what memories were coming up and you didn't want to see them." Sora said accusingly. "I thought you were finally okay with everything."

"I'll never be okay with it, Sora." Riku sat on the sofa. "I just live with it."

Sora frowned but turned back to the now paused screen. He unpaused it. "This is where we go to Castle Oblivion, right? That's why it's all staticy."

"Yeah. That's where the original memory ends and the castle stuff was removed."

"I still have a huge gap in my memory." Sora muttered. "I really wished I didn't."

"It was what you chose. It was that or never recover the old one's." Riku explained.

"I know, both you and King Mickey explained that before. Doesn't mean I have to like it."

"True." Riku conceded.

"Is this Roxas' memories kicking in now?"

"Yes. Those would be the next ones after the gap because those are what happened after."

"What's happening?" Sora watched a moment. "You helped him fight the Heartless?"

"For a bit. Then we fought." Riku was staring now too.

"You didn't know who he was, did you?"

"Not at first, no. Diz told me after the first time I fought him. Needless to say, once I knew I was more properly motivated."

"Did you hate Roxas?" There was and odd tone to Sora's voice. He had paused the game again and turned.

"No. I was indifferent to him. If I wanted you back, he had to go. That was it." Riku stated simply. "It sounds terrible but that's just how I had to deal with it."

"Oh." Sora stared at the floor for a second. He turned back to the game.